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You don’t hear a lot about cannabis use in Traditional Chinese Medicine, but the plant has a long history with the practice. Known as da ma in Chinese medicine, cannabis is considered one of the 50 “fundamental” herbs of TCM. The Chinese goddess Ma Gu, a name that literally means “hemp maiden,” is associated with…

Around the world, mothers are on the frontlines of demanding legal access to cannabis products for their children who suffer from epilepsy and other ailments. Often, these mothers have risked their freedom to provide medicine for their offspring. Sometimes they have actually shamed the authorities into changing the law — but still face the prospect…

The natural chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant show very promising results when it comes to this ailment. Because depression affects such a staggering amount of people worldwide, it’s quite important to understand how cannabis functions in battling its mechanisms. Although it cannot be understood as a life-threatening disorder at first, depression can easily spiral…

As it does seemingly everywhere else in America, medical marijuana enjoys broad support in Utah — deep-red Utah, conservative Utah. Here in Utah, where U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, unapologetic Trump supporter, thinks medical marijuana is a good thing and once laced a statement with weed references, 76 percent of the same voters who haven’t sent…

Anyone who has ever seen the film “Strange Brew,” which follows the McKenzie Brothers on an insane mission for free beer, might be under the impression that booze is the only liquid currency inside the Canadian inebriation culture. But it turns out that if Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas were making the same movie today,…

In another fun twist to the burgeoning Canadian cannabis industry, a grocery store chain applied for nearly half of the retail cannabis licenses in the province of Newfoundland. Despite a local poll that determined Newfoundlanders think existing retail locations are the last place they want cannabis sold, Canada’s largest grocery store company, Loblaw Companies, is…

As North America settles comfortably into its recreational era in the coming months, with California and Canada both moving forward with their historic adult-use cannabis initiatives, I’m thinking about the future of cannabis consumption. While aficionados of the plant rightfully have many concerns about the pharmaceutical industry’s evolving relationship with marijuana, I’d argue that the…

Paul LePage, the governor of Maine, has done nearly everything in his power to sabotage marijuana legalization. He’s lied, calling marijuana a gateway drug, that also happens to be deadly. He’s obfuscated, vetoing a bill to regulate cannabis sales — which, again, a majority of voters in his state want — not once, but on…

Originally launched by the Yippie radical youth movement as the Pot Parade in 1973, the New York Cannabis Parade (as it is now known) bills itself as “the longest-running public demonstration for the reform of drug policy,” both in the Big Apple and around the world. Starting in 1999, the Cannabis Parade actually spawned an international…

Diehard fans of fruity or sweetly floral scents like berries or roses may not be aware that they have an affinity for a terpene called geraniol that is also found in cannabis and a variety of other plants, herbs and fruits. As the name suggests, it occurs naturally in geraniums as well as in roses,…

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco last week turned down a bid by producers of CBD extracts to prevent the Drug Enforcement Administration from classifying their preparations as illegal drugs. In the litigation, the Hemp Industries Association challenged a DEA rule issued in December 2016 that established a “code” for cannabidiol, or CBD,…

Cannabis extraction is a process that comes with warning labels and safety risks. Extraction of cannabis is a simple process, which people have used for centuries. There are many records of people using cannabis tea, hash or tinctures in ancient times. There are two (2) main groups of cannabis extracts: Solvent Extracts: which are produced with…